lessons from lost

lessons from lost

Hello friends ,

i am abig fan of the serial lost. it is was on star movies on wednesday nights.

for those not familiar with the plot here is a brief synopsis.

lost is the story of a group of people who aircrash into an unknown strange island. the serial is about their struggle to survive and to get out of the island. they are hounded by the natives of the island whom we eventually come to know as the 'others'. the others are led by an evil man called Ben who is ruthless and does not stop at anything, even murder, to stop the group of people from getting off the island.

The group has a doctor amongst them Jack who becomes their leader and he is the one who makes all the decisions. he is ably assisted by some people from the group who include saeed-an iraqi soldier, sawyer-an excon, kate-a murderer, locke-a paraplegic who starts walking once on the island. hurley-the obese guy, charlie -a junkie, jin- a korean and his wife sun.

they all discover hidden good qualities in them self while on the island. they have fight off their own insecurities and fears to combat the others. They come so close to each other that they become each others weakness which is exploited by ben. but there comes a day when they all resolve to get off the island and take some hard decisions . they kill many of the others in the process and finally make contact with the outside world.

Ben has his own agenda and tries to convince jack that contacting the outside world would mean death to everyone the island. we get hints that he is conducting some experiments on children but what exactly he is upto we never know.
there are many dialouges in the series which are confusing and which hint that the island is probably not a real place but a state of mind. some times it is referred to as hell and some times as heaven. there is a place called the looking glass a la alice in wonderland. There is an unseen man who apparently controls the island, he is called Jacob. he could be god or satan we dont know.........yet.

what does the island teach us what did it teach me?
i guess one valuable lesson i learnt was listen to myself.
make decisions they may be wrong but you have to make them.
never try to justify any mistakes that you make.
stand up for your self.
your friends are important.
to get some thing you have to give up something.
sacrifice something you like only when you know it will be worth it.
if you want to be a good leader get ready to get you ass kicked,also get ready to kick some.